The Dark side of social media

Social media has unfortunately a dark side involving hurting others and death. Sharing files on the private life of others has lead to a new type of bullying called "Cyber-bullying" and like the old bullying it can lead to depression and unfortunately suicide.

Amanda Todd passed away on October 10, 2012

To illustrate to you what is Cyber-bullying I will take the example of Amanda Todd who ended abruptly her life on October 10, 2012. May she rest in peace.
The story of Amanda is simple except that one day it turned to hell. When she was in Grade 7, she used video chat to meet new people. She got complimented on her looks by someone who convinced her to show her breasts. That same guy used this picture to blackmail her against a "show". After this her life became hell.
Police informed her that the pictures where circulating on the web and she fell in major depression, anxiety and panic disorder. Despite, her family doing her best to forget those pictures as they changed city schools multiple time because students were teasing and bullying her.

Amanda published a video on youtube named: My Story: Struggling, bullying, suicide and self harm 
where she asked for help and explained using flashcards her experiences on bully.

She then met an older guy with whom he had sexual intercourse when his girlfriend was on holiday. The week after, the girlfriends and a group of others attacked Todd at school punching her and shouting insults at her. Amanda tried to commit suicide from drinking bleach but was rushed to hospital to get her stomach pumped. When she returned at home , she found out that they were abuse made of her concerning her failed suicide attempt . Her family moved again out of town, but her mental state was worsening.
She continued to be teased at school for her poor grades and her language disorder. On October 10, 2012 she hanged herself to death.

Life can be ruined by social media because of a simple error. It is important for web users to never let people you do not trust take private pictures of yourself because once they have been published on the net it is over the whole world would be able to see it. Unfortunately, Amanda was less lucky and that simple picture ruined her life and all her loved ones.